Not QUITE so great as VanGoGan, but close!
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I knew I would not be disappointed in this body of work because I always truly love and adore everything Gerry Beckley puts his genius and heart into. A real warm and gorgeous masterpiece from the first note to the last by this legendary musical artist. A great mix of well crafted music that brings me somewhere wonderful when listening to it...to a magical place in a way. It really was what I was hoping for from him and it plays all the time in my player.  You really can\'t go wrong with his serene and soothing vocals and in this amazing CD you will find that.
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Simply stated, I love anything that Mr. Beckley\'s voice appears on.  I have to say that Van Go Gan is one of my all time favorites, but this one hasn\'t been out of my CD player since CDBaby lovingly mailed it to me.

Gerry--When is your next CD available?  And when will Matt release something?!
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Horizontal Fall is another fabulous solo album/cd performed & sung beautifully, and written, arranged & produced by Gerry Beckley. Quite impressive, to say the least. His latest disc contains an interesting collection of material and 15 pop songs, ballads, and instrumentals along with the dynamic "Lazarus" which really rocks! Horizontal Fall continues in the tradition of Van Go Gan with unique, fun interesting, and catchy songs with great hooks, and is solid all the way through from beginning to end. Each and every song is interesting with beautiful, unique, heartfelt vocals, interesting lyrics that are well-crafted & arranged from start to finish... as the title above stated. Horizontal Fall starts off with the beautiful and airy 3am instrumental and the album finishes off with the lovely 3am Reprise. A real classic. It then picks up with some truly great pop tunes such as "Crying" and "Saturday Sky" and "I'll Be Gone." Gerry also included some beautiful ballads such as "Here & Now", "Love & Leaving and "Arms" with the latter one considered a real masterpiece and an impressive song. I have to say though, I strongly disagree with another reviewer who stated that "The Farmer Is The Man" is a weak song or a dud. It's actually the opposite and a really great tune, and a strong effort. Obnoxious? I disagree.  "The Farmer" is one of the most interesting songs on the album and a really unique, heartfelt and interestingly arranged song and a real gem. "The Farmer" also has the most interesting vocals I've heard in a long while, and is also a nod to a 1920's or 1930's depression era tune which was a real surprise to learn since I thought that Gerry had penned it himself. "Warm Gone Gray" is another fun, upbeat bouncy tune with a calypso feel to it, but with some dark undertones or underlying message, a really great song! "Fireman" is another truly classic in which Gerry also added a Beatle-esque quality or sound or verses to it. Lastly, "Somewhere, Somehow" is another beautiful ballad which contains some lovely, dreamy, whispy or airy vocals from Mimi Parker of LOW. It's a really gorgeous song which showcases Gerry's unique & beautiful vocals perfectly. The combination of Gerry's & Mimi's airy vocals are very nice. Once again, along with Van Go Gan, Gerry has produced & delivered a classic, and highly listenable album with Horizontal Fall. This disc is outstanding and Gerry has proven once again, that he's a successful, gifted, talented songwriter & vocalist. This disc was also one of the few best CD's of 2006 that I picked up. Every song is outstanding and a gem. Highly recommended!!  10 STARS!!
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